Mack Jones
Mack F. Jones (Mack The Knife)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 6, 1938 in Atlanta, GA
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 13, 1961
Final Game: July 1, 1971
Died: June 8, 2004 in Atlanta, GA
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1961 22 MLN NL 28 119 104 13 24 3 2 0 12 4 4 12 28 .231 .322 .298 .620 71 31 0 2 1 0 2 8
1962 23 MLN NL 91 386 333 51 85 17 4 10 36 5 1 44 100 .255 .354 .420 .775 110 140 7 7 2 0 3 9/8
1963 24 MLN NL 93 263 228 36 50 11 4 3 22 8 4 26 59 .219 .317 .342 .659 91 78 2 7 1 1 5 87
1965 26 MLN NL 143 546 504 78 132 18 7 31 75 8 2 29 122 .262 .313 .510 .822 127 257 5 9 2 2 1 *87
1966 27 ATL NL 118 470 417 60 110 14 1 23 66 16 10 39 85 .264 .335 .468 .803 118 195 7 8 2 4 4 *8/937
1967 28 ATL NL 140 534 454 72 115 23 4 17 50 10 6 64 108 .253 .355 .434 .789 126 197 7 9 4 3 4 *87
1968 29 CIN NL 103 271 234 40 59 9 1 10 34 2 3 28 46 .252 .341 .427 .768 124 100 7 5 1 3 3 87/9
1969 30 MON NL 135 542 455 73 123 23 5 22 79 6 7 67 110 .270 .379 .488 .867 142 222 11 15 1 4 8 *7/8
1970 31 MON NL 108 345 271 51 65 11 3 14 32 5 3 59 74 .240 .398 .458 .856 130 124 2 13 1 1 0 7/8
1971 32 MON NL 43 108 91 11 15 3 0 3 9 1 0 15 24 .165 .296 .297 .593 69 27 1 2 0 0 1 7
10 Seasons 1002 3584 3091 485 778 132 31 133 415 65 40 383 756 .252 .347 .444 .790 120 1371 49 77 15 18 31
162 Game Avg. 162 579 500 78 126 21 5 22 67 11 6 62 122 .252 .347 .444 .790 120 222 8 12 2 3 5
ATL (6 yrs) 613 2318 2040 310 516 86 22 84 261 51 27 214 502 .253 .335 .440 .775 116 898 28 42 12 10 19
MON (3 yrs) 286 995 817 135 203 37 8 39 120 12 10 141 208 .248 .377 .457 .833 130 373 14 30 2 5 9
CIN (1 yr) 103 271 234 40 59 9 1 10 34 2 3 28 46 .252 .341 .427 .768 124 100 7 5 1 3 3

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1961 22 MLN NL 119 85 10 3.1 100 .316 .231 .263 .322 .328 .298 .409 .620 .737 71 .327 -4.0 -0.4 .536 .183 .067 .0
1962 23 MLN NL 386 258 52 5.4 100 .336 .255 .266 .354 .333 .420 .404 .775 .737 110 .576 5.9 0.6 .762 .309 .165 6.7
1963 24 MLN NL 263 186 26 3.8 88 .281 .219 .253 .317 .315 .342 .378 .659 .693 91 .482 -1.8 -0.2 .625 .254 .123 4.4
1965 26 MLN NL 546 383 81 5.7 94 .286 .262 .259 .313 .323 .510 .392 .822 .715 127 .643 15.0 1.6 .794 .317 .248 12.7
1966 27 ATL NL 470 330 65 5.3 99 .278 .264 .268 .335 .327 .468 .404 .803 .731 118 .603 10.3 1.1 .765 .312 .204 18.9
1967 28 ATL NL 534 359 73 5.5 90 .295 .253 .257 .355 .319 .434 .377 .789 .696 126 .644 17.6 1.9 .778 .330 .181 12.6
1968 29 CIN NL 271 189 34 4.9 86 .271 .252 .259 .341 .318 .427 .364 .768 .682 124 .637 7.9 0.9 .714 .291 .175 3.3
1969 30 MON NL 542 355 85 6.4 94 .309 .270 .259 .379 .330 .488 .384 .867 .714 142 .688 27.8 2.8 .866 .363 .218 9.4
1970 31 MON NL 345 213 56 7.1 103 .277 .240 .266 .398 .338 .458 .406 .856 .744 130 .683 14.8 1.4 .938 .443 .218 7.4
1971 32 MON NL 108 77 9 3.2 92 .188 .165 .260 .296 .326 .297 .380 .593 .706 69 .384 -3.5 -0.4 .584 .308 .132 1.5
10 Seasons 3584 2435 491 5.4 95 .291 .252 .261 .347 .326 .444 .390 .790 .716 120 .618 90.0 9.3 .773 .324 .192 87.3
162 Game Avg. 579 394 79 5.4 95 .291 .252 .261 .347 .326 .444 .390 .790 .716 120 .618 15 2 .773 .324 .192 14
ATL (6 yrs) 2318 1601 307 5.2 95 .295 .253 .261 .335 .324 .440 .392 .775 .716 116 .595 42.9 4.5 .746 .304 .187 63.5
MON (3 yrs) 995 645 150 6.2 97 .285 .248 .262 .377 .332 .457 .391 .833 .723 130 .662 39.1 3.9 .856 .383 .208 18.4
CIN (1 yr) 271 189 34 4.9 86 .271 .252 .259 .341 .318 .427 .364 .768 .682 124 .637 7.9 0.9 .714 .291 .175 3.3

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1961 22 MLN NL 119 0.0% 23.5% 10.1% 4.2% 21% 2.33 3.7 8.7 1.94 64%
1962 23 MLN NL 386 2.6% 25.9% 11.4% 8.0% 37% 2.27 3.3 33.3 9.3 2.30 58%
1963 24 MLN NL 263 1.1% 22.4% 9.9% 6.8% 36% 2.27 3.9 76.0 10.4 2.00 64%
1965 26 MLN NL 546 5.7% 22.3% 5.3% 10.3% 42% 4.21 4.1 16.3 6.7 1.19 65%
1966 27 ATL NL 470 4.9% 18.1% 8.3% 8.1% 35% 2.18 4.9 18.1 6.3 1.03 67%
1967 28 ATL NL 534 3.2% 20.2% 12.0% 8.2% 38% 1.69 4.2 26.7 9.1 1.13 62%
1968 29 CIN NL 271 3.7% 17.0% 10.3% 7.4% 34% 1.64 5.1 23.4 6.9 1.21 67%
1969 30 MON NL 542 4.1% 20.3% 12.4% 9.2% 41% 1.64 4.1 20.7 5.8 1.33 60%
1970 31 MON NL 345 4.1% 21.5% 17.1% 8.1% 43% 1.25 3.7 19.4 8.5 1.26 53%
1971 32 MON NL 108 2.8% 22.2% 13.9% 5.6% 40% 1.60 3.8 30.3 10.1 0.93 59%
10 Seasons 3584 3.7% 21.1% 10.7% 8.3% 38% 1.97 4.1 23.2 7.4 1.31 62%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1961 22 MLN NL 3 0 34% 51 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 67% 6 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 3
1962 23 MLN NL 7 0 33% 151 5 1 83% 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 11 35% 18 14 3 6 5 1 10 2 8
1963 24 MLN NL 2 0 41% 89 8 4 67% 7 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 12 59% 15 9 6 2 0 2 5 0 5
1965 26 MLN NL 6 0 34% 148 8 2 80% 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 67% 29 13 16 2 0 2 11 0 10
1966 27 ATL NL 3 0 28% 142 16 10 62% 12 8 0 1 1 1 3 1 5 15 55% 18 7 10 4 3 1 16 4 10
1967 28 ATL NL 5 0 32% 171 10 6 63% 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 49% 20 17 3 8 4 4 19 2 16
1968 29 CIN NL 4 0 37% 95 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 47% 21 9 10 4 4 0 7 1 5
1969 30 MON NL 6 0 28% 197 6 7 46% 6 6 0 0 0 1 2 1 8 15 55% 45 19 25 10 6 4 12 4 8
1970 31 MON NL 4 0 30% 153 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 46% 20 12 6 4 2 2 11 2 8
1971 32 MON NL 1 0 28% 34 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 40% 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 2
10 Seasons 41 0 32% 1231 65 40 62% 57 35 3 1 2 3 10 2 46 93 52% 197 104 84 41 25 16 98 17 75
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1961 22 MLN NL 119 84% 24 1 0 0 0 2.85 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 14 0 0% 4 1 25% 65 13 20% 6 3 50% 5 2 40% 0
1962 23 MLN NL 347 73% 85 1 0 0 0 1.03 10 0 6 7 1 5 3 0 4 2 50% 67 7 10% 35 9 26% 196 24 12% 17 5 29% 17 4 24% 39
1963 24 MLN NL 254 82% 50 17 4 0 1 1.72 3 0 9 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 50% 41 2 5% 19 4 21% 148 18 12% 15 7 47% 9 3 33% 9
1965 26 MLN NL 504 79% 132 9 2 0 0 1.16 31 1 6 21 8 13 16 0 2 2 100% 92 5 5% 40 7 18% 277 43 16% 18 8 44% 30 14 47% 42
1966 27 ATL NL 434 75% 110 5 1 0 0 2.05 23 0 11 21 1 14 8 0 3 2 67% 102 7 7% 48 15 31% 269 45 17% 26 15 58% 23 8 35% 36
1967 28 ATL NL 504 79% 115 13 4 0 0 2.03 17 0 6 16 1 12 5 0 5 4 80% 93 7 8% 40 15 38% 302 32 11% 16 7 44% 31 11 35% 30
1968 29 CIN NL 271 92% 59 38 9 0 6 1.92 10 0 7 8 2 4 6 0 1 1 100% 65 7 11% 33 12 36% 165 24 15% 16 9 56% 21 9 43% 0
1969 30 MON NL 540 84% 123 8 1 0 0 1.65 22 2 11 21 1 10 12 0 1 1 100% 109 11 10% 41 10 24% 355 58 16% 37 15 41% 22 5 23% 2
1970 31 MON NL 344 95% 65 27 10 0 3 1.68 14 0 6 13 1 8 6 0 1 1 100% 72 2 3% 30 7 23% 210 18 9% 14 4 29% 15 7 47% 1
1971 32 MON NL 108 98% 15 16 2 0 2 1.46 3 0 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 19 1 5% 12 3 25% 71 6 8% 8 2 25% 4 2 50% 0
10 Seasons 3425 82% 778 135 33 0 12 1.74 133 3 71 112 15 69 58 0 20 15 75% 674 49 7% 302 83 27% 2058 281 14% 173 75 43% 177 65 37% 159
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 22 28 119 104 13 24 3 2 0 12 4 4 12 28 .231 .322 .298 .620 71 31 0 2 1 0 2
1962 23 119 505 437 64 109 20 6 10 48 9 5 56 128 .249 .347 .391 .738 101 171 7 9 3 0 5
1963 24 212 768 665 100 159 31 10 13 70 17 9 82 187 .239 .336 .374 .711 98 249 9 16 4 1 10
1964 25 212 768 665 100 159 31 10 13 70 17 9 82 187 .239 .336 .374 .711 98 249 9 16 4 1 10
1965 26 355 1314 1169 178 291 49 17 44 145 25 11 111 309 .249 .326 .433 .759 110 506 14 25 6 3 11
1966 27 473 1784 1586 238 401 63 18 67 211 41 21 150 394 .253 .329 .442 .771 112 701 21 33 8 7 15
1967 28 613 2318 2040 310 516 86 22 84 261 51 27 214 502 .253 .335 .440 .775 116 898 28 42 12 10 19
1968 29 716 2589 2274 350 575 95 23 94 295 53 30 242 548 .253 .335 .439 .774 116 998 35 47 13 13 22
1969 30 851 3131 2729 423 698 118 28 116 374 59 37 309 658 .256 .343 .447 .790 121 1220 46 62 14 17 30
1970 31 959 3476 3000 474 763 129 31 130 406 64 40 368 732 .254 .348 .448 .796 122 1344 48 75 15 18 30
1971 32 1002 3584 3091 485 778 132 31 133 415 65 40 383 756 .252 .347 .444 .790 120 1371 49 77 15 18 31

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1961 22 29 127 111 14 27 3 2 0 13 4 14 29 .243 .339 .306 .645 11 28
1962 23 91 392 338 52 90 18 4 11 37 5 47 100 .266 .367 .441 .808 53 91
1963 24 93 277 237 42 59 13 5 4 26 9 31 59 .249 .354 .397 .750 31 93
1965 26 142 554 511 84 141 19 7 33 81 9 31 121 .276 .329 .534 .863 87 143
1966 27 118 473 421 63 114 15 1 24 69 17 40 85 .271 .342 .482 .825 68 118
1967 28 140 557 471 83 132 26 5 20 58 11 73 108 .280 .386 .484 .870 85 140
1968 29 102 282 241 49 67 10 1 11 41 2 32 46 .278 .372 .465 .837 41 103
1969 30 135 559 466 80 134 25 5 24 86 7 73 110 .288 .399 .517 .916 93 135
1970 31 108 358 278 50 72 12 3 16 31 6 65 74 .259 .422 .496 .918 55 108
1971 32 43 114 94 12 18 4 0 4 10 1 18 24 .191 .333 .362 .695 10 43
10 Seasons 1001 3693 3168 529 854 145 33 147 452 71 424 756 .270 .369 .475 .844 534 1002
162 Game Avg. 162 598 513 86 138 23 5 24 73 11 69 122 .270 .369 .475 .844 86 1002

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y
1965 NL  .510 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1965 NL  31 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1962 NL  100 (4th)
1965 NL  122 (8th)
1967 NL  108 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1966 NL  16 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1969 NL  142 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 NL  7 (8th)
1963 NL  7 (8th)
1965 NL  9 (6th)
1966 NL  8 (6th)
1967 NL  9 (4th)
1969 NL  15 (2nd)
1970 NL  13 (3rd)
Career  77 (153rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1966 NL  10 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1966 NL  18.9 (4th)
1967 NL  12.6 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1965 NL  16.3 (3rd)
Career  23.2 (222nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1301), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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